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Returning to its new home in Douglas Park for the second year in a row, Riot Fest featured four stages of Martin Audio provided by Technotrix including the main Riot and Roots stages equipped with MLA. The eclectic lineup for the 3-day, punk/ska/metal oriented festival included The Flaming Lips, Morrison, Ween, Julian Marley, Sleater-Kinney, Death Cab for Cutie, The Specials, Social Distortion, Nas, Deftones, Bad Religion, Rob Zombie, Bob Mould, The Original Misfits and more. For the main stages, the…
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This article is provided by Bobby Owsinski. Christine L. recently sent in the following question: “Where do headphones fit in the mix for you, or do you listen just to the speakers? I’ve been in studios where they have 3 sets of speakers—small, medium and large—and the producer or mixer (if it’s someone else) listen on all three. But I’m a headphone person. Wonder what your opinion of that is?” I’m a firm believer that you can get great…
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Sennheiser has enhanced its HD 280 PRO monitoring headphones with a new design and improved comfort for the wearer. Visitors to the AES Convention will be the first to try out the upgraded model. “The closed, circumaural HD 280 PRO headphones enjoy an excellent reputation for any monitoring application,” says Jannik Schentek, portfolio manager, Live Performance & Music at Sennheiser. “We have now given them a careful design update while fully preserving their much praised audio properties.” The most visible…
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From its origins as a single wine store, San Francisco’s PlumpJack Group has grown into a multi-faceted hospitality and lifestyle business. In late 2015 it opened Verso, an event space and night club where sound quality had to be guaranteed for all events. PlumpJack wanted something better than what major US nightclubs were delivering, selecting loudspeakers from Alcons Audio. PlumpJack Group’s business now includes wineries, luxury resorts, restaurants and clubs, as well as retail outlets. Established in a former printing…
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Dynaudio will reveal its new M5P Evidence mastering monitor at the 141st AES show in Los Angeles. The M5P Evidence will be built to custom order by hand in Denmark. “The M5P Evidence monitor is a passive floor-standing studio monitor specifically designed for mastering applications,” says Dynaudio PRO product manager, Sebastian Rodens. “It has been derived from the acclaimed Evidence Platinum high-end speaker and is the first studio monitor to feature Dynaudio Directivity Control (DDC) which reduces reflections from floors…
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With ten Grammy wins, including Best Engineered Album for The Raconteurs Consolers of the Lonely and scores of platinum and gold albums, Joe Chiccarelli has made good on the famous opportunity Frank Zappa gave him during the recording of “Sheik Yerbouti” – among Zappa’s best-selling albums ever. When the head engineer couldn’t make the session, Zappa promoted then-assistant engineer Chiccarelli to take the lead. Since then, Chiccarelli has had the opportunity to work with the biggest and best artists in…
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Amphion Loudspeakers and ETAL Group announce that Amphion has adopted ETAL Anaview AMS Class D amplifiers in their amplifiers, which cater for their professional monitor loudspeakers. Anssi Hyvonen, proprietor of Amphion Loudspeakers says, “In order to offer our customers a complete solution, we needed amplifiers that fully complemented our passive studio monitor speakers. Highly transparent and resolving speakers like Amphion deserves a great sounding amp. Class D amplifiers are compact, and lightweight, but are inclined to have a slightly sterile,…
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This article is provided by Primacoustic Just like large big commercial studios, smaller and home studios suffer from acoustical interference that can make it more difficult to mix, especially when surrounded with the sound effects and ambiance that now typifies today’s stereo and 5.1 surround sound mixes. In professional studios, the walls are strategically treated with fabric-covered absorptive panels on the sides, front, rear and sometimes on the ceilings. The key to improving intelligibility (or our ability to discern…
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Hafler (a division of Radial Engineering) announces the P3100 2-channel amplifier. Designed for both studio recording and audiophile listening, the P3100 follows David Hafler’s philosophy of offering the very highest quality at an affordable price point. According to Hafler senior engineer Dan Fraser: “The P3100 is a ‘next generation’ amplifier designed for the most demanding audio engineer and audiophile. It employs Hafler’s trans*nova lateral MOSFET topology that at once reduces the length of the signal path while providing stability. This…
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As the 141st Audio Engineering Society (AES) show approaches, Harman Professional Solutions is inviting respected engineers and producers to share their work in the Harman demo room. From Thursday, September 29 through Saturday, October 1, engineers who have contributed to the works of Miles Davis, The Beatles, Beyoncé and more will showcase career and industry milestones through the JBL 7 Series and M2 Master Reference Monitors. The JBL sessions will be held in Demo Room 504 of the Los Angeles…
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